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The fastest-growing public middle schools in South Carolina

Across South Carolina, 81 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by enrollment growth between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. C. E. Williams Middle School for Creative and Scientific Art leads the list at 95.6%, against a median of 10.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

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Top Enrollment growth

95.6%

Median Enrollment growth

10.5%

FASTEST GROWING · SOUTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	C. E. Williams Middle School for Creative and Scientific Art	Charleston, SC	Charleston 01	664	1,299	95.6%
2	Philip Simmons Middle	Wando, SC	Berkeley 01	270	473	75.2%
3	Ocean Bay Middle	Myrtle Beach, SC	Horry 01	505	801	58.6%
4	Gaffney Middle	Gaffney, SC	Cherokee 01	555	851	53.3%
5	Cane Bay Middle	Summerville, SC	Berkeley 01	1,018	1,464	43.8%
6	Moultrie Middle	Mount Pleasant, SC	Charleston 01	800	1,130	41.3%
7	Ten Oaks Middle	Myrtle Beach, SC	Horry 01	901	1,264	40.3%
8	Rainbow Lake Middle	Chesnee, SC	Spartanburg 02	696	973	39.8%
9	Woodmont Middle	Piedmont, SC	Greenville 01	659	904	37.2%
10	Whittemore Park Middle	Conway, SC	Horry 01	778	1,013	30.2%
11	McCracken Middle	Spartanburg, SC	Spartanburg 07	728	937	28.7%
12	Williams Middle	Florence, SC	Florence 01	616	792	28.6%
13	Springfield Middle	Fort Mill, SC	York 04	569	710	24.8%
14	Socastee Middle	Myrtle Beach, SC	Horry 01	423	527	24.6%
15	Gold Hill Middle	Tega Cay, SC	York 04	709	877	23.7%
16	Southside Middle	Florence, SC	Florence 01	923	1,138	23.3%
17	Chapin Middle	Chapin, SC	Lexington 05	835	1,007	20.6%
18	Bluffton Middle	Bluffton, SC	Beaufort 01	766	921	20.2%
19	Oakridge Middle	Clover, SC	York 02	954	1,146	20.1%
20	Chesnee Middle	Chesnee, SC	Spartanburg 02	475	569	19.8%
21	Rollings Middle School of the Arts	Summerville, SC	Dorchester 02	666	797	19.7%
22	Lakeview Middle	Greenville, SC	Greenville 01	607	723	19.1%
23	Southwood Academy for the Arts	Anderson, SC	Anderson 05	346	409	18.2%
24	Florence Chapel Middle	Duncan, SC	Spartanburg 05	661	781	18.2%
25	Berkeley Middle	Moncks Corner, SC	Berkeley 01	1,256	1,477	17.6%
26	Powdersville Middle	Greenville, SC	Anderson 01	685	801	16.9%
27	Chapin Intermediate	Chapin, SC	Lexington 05	852	985	15.6%
28	Wren Middle	Piedmont, SC	Anderson 01	794	910	14.6%
29	H. E. McCracken Middle	Bluffton, SC	Beaufort 01	738	846	14.6%
30	Black Water Middle	Conway, SC	Horry 01	690	789	14.3%
31	Camp Road Middle	Charleston, SC	Charleston 01	793	901	13.6%
32	Clover Middle	Clover, SC	York 02	855	969	13.3%
33	Woodruff Middle	Woodruff, SC	Spartanburg 04	622	701	12.7%
34	Carver Middle	Spartanburg, SC	Spartanburg 07	563	633	12.4%
35	Irmo Middle	Columbia, SC	Lexington 05	885	992	12.1%
36	St. James Middle	Myrtle Beach, SC	Horry 01	817	913	11.8%
37	Cyril B. Busbee Creative Arts Academy	Cayce, SC	Lexington 02	396	442	11.6%
38	Indian Land Middle	Indian Land, SC	Lancaster 01	991	1,102	11.2%
39	Fairforest Middle	Spartanburg, SC	Spartanburg 06	909	1,007	10.8%
40	Riverside Middle	Pendleton, SC	Anderson 04	410	453	10.5%
41	Saluda Middle	Saluda, SC	Saluda 01	486	537	10.5%
42	Greer Middle	Greer, SC	Greenville 01	946	1,038	9.7%
43	Westview Middle	Greenwood, SC	Greenwood 50	631	692	9.7%
44	Batesburg-Leesville Middle School	Batesburg-Leesville, SC	Lexington 03	421	462	9.7%
45	John W. Moore Middle	Florence, SC	Florence 01	967	1,056	9.2%
46	Pleasant Knoll Middle	Fort Mill, SC	York 04	839	916	9.2%
47	Starr-Iva Middle	Starr, SC	Anderson 03	565	616	9.0%
48	Myrtle Beach Middle	Myrtle Beach, SC	Horry 01	1,052	1,146	8.9%
49	Rawlinson Road Middle	Rock Hill, SC	York 03	594	644	8.4%
50	Dacusville Middle	Easley, SC	Pickens 01	329	356	8.2%

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